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Information regarding Endorsement at Merit or Excellence Level
If a student gains 50 credits at Excellence, their NCEA will be endorsed with Excellence. Likewise, if a student gains 50 credits at Merit (or Merit and Excellence), their NCEA will be endorsed with Merit.
Students will gain an endorsement for a course if, in a single school year, they achieve:
14 or more credits at Merit or Excellence, and
at least 3 of these credits from externally assessed standards and 3 credits from internally assessed standards.
External Standards (related to Chemistry)
1.5: AS 90944 Demonstrate understanding of aspects of acids and bases 4 credits
Exemplars of student work or expected student responses (written by subject moderators) have been developed for Level 1 external achievement standards, click here
Information regarding Endorsement at Merit or Excellence Level
If a student gains 50 credits at Excellence, their NCEA will be endorsed with Excellence. Likewise, if a student gains 50 credits at Merit (or Merit and Excellence), their NCEA will be endorsed with Merit.
Students will gain an endorsement for a course if, in a single school year, they achieve:
14 or more credits at Merit or Excellence, and
at least 3 of these credits from externally assessed standards and 3 credits from internally assessed standards.